Hey Fern, Yes, I'm interested in any Revolution War history that might contain info on my HURT'S of Bedford Co., VA. Thanks Happy Hunting doc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fern" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 10:16 AM Subject: [VABEDFOR] Bedford Fair in September - Revoluitionary War History > > For those of you who will be visiting the Bedford fair in September..... > If any of you had ancestors who fought in the Revolution in the Battle of > Point Pleasant you might want to visit the Court House and view a plaque > put there by the "Peaks of Otter Chapter of the DAR". I have copied and > pasted from by new Buford Book the following: > > On October 31st, 1931 in Bedford, Bedford County, Virginia the 'Peaks of > Otter Chapter' of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) laid a > Memorial Tablet to the memory of Captain John Thomas Buford and his > company of volunteers who fought and laid down their lives in the Battle > of Point Pleasant which occurred on October 10th, 1774. They ask the > noted historian and author of many history and genealogy books; Landon C. > Bell, to dedicate the memorial tablet with a speech. He did so with the > following, historically based, speech. (Not included here) > > > > I have a roster of the men who were with Captain Buford if you are > interested. Also, the Museum in Bedford should have Mr. Bell's speech. > If not, I can copy and past that as well for you. Actually, I have a > picture of the memorial tablet but I can't send that to the list. > > > > Have a great week-end everybody. > > > > Fern > > > ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== > The Bedford Co VAGenWeb "Family WebPages" list is located at URL: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~vabedfor/bedf-web.htm >